Held as the military takes control. Thousands ofjobs to go online retailier asos buys topshop and three other brands but doesnt want their stores. Well wishers Around The World send messages of support to captain sir tom moore, who remains in hospital with covid 19 and pneumonia. Over the last ten months youve been our inspiration, youve been at the nations heartbeat. We all thinking of you. And coming up on bbc news. Liverpool could be the busiest club on Transfer Deadline Day with the Managerjurgen Klopp looking at two defenders in their bid to retain the Premier League title. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Tens of thousands of people in parts of england are to be urgently tested, after more cases of the highly transmissible South African Variant Of Coronavirus were discovered. Two cases were found in surrey, and testing kits will be delivered there this afternoon. Testing will also take place in london, kent, hertfordshire and walsall. Previous cases in the uk we
Could have here in the uk. Also tonight. The army is out on the streets of myanmar as the military stage a coup months after losing an election. The fake covid Test Certificates with a negative result being sold online. And taking on one of the uks toughest races despite an unexpected medical diagnosis. And coming up in sport on bbc news its transfer deadline day for clubs up and down the country well have the latest, including the man set to join champions liverpool. Good evening and welcome to the Bbc News At Six. Urgent testing is to start in parts of england as the south african strain of coronavirus has been detected in 11 of the cases there is no known link to the country. Its raised fears that the variant is now being transmitted within the community. Door to door testing will be carried out in the affected areas of london, the West Midlands, hertfordshire, kent, surrey and merseyside. Health officials are confident the vaccines will work against the South African Variant but pr
With cloud cover. Orecast calls sunny afternoon, clouds at the coast. In the city for pride celebrations well have that comfortable weather in the 60s, that sea breeze. Some 80s making their way to the inland valleys. Chris. Lis, thank you. Breaking news out of contra costa county. Chp says multiple dead and multiple people injured after a crash in orinda. It happened before 2 00 in the web lanes of highway 24 near wilder road. The crash closed all lanes for about three hours but they have since reopened. Developing news, President Trump has become the first u. S. President to step into north korea reaching across the Demilitarized Zone to shake hands with kim jongun. President trump extended an invitation to meet at the white house. It came at the last minute. Reporter history made at the border between north and south korea. President trump stepping across that line into north korea, the first u. S. President to do that. He shared a wa ki thn shaknds, a great honor. A lot of progress
Hello, im samantha simmonds. The Israeli Military says about 300,000 palestinians have left the city of rafah since monday when israel told them to move to a nearby district of gaza. The Israel Defence forces have declared a narrow coastal strip at al mawasi to be a safe humanitarian zone, but the un says it has no Running Water or proper sanitation. Israel is planning an assault on Hamas Fighters In Rafah and has ordered Tens Of Thousands more residents from Eastern Districts of the city to leave. Evacuation orders have also been issued for thousands of people in parts of northern gaza. Last night, a Us Government report criticised israels use of american supplied weapons in the gaza war, saying its reasonable to assess they have been used in breach of International Humanitarian law in some instances. Israel launched its war on hamas following their attack in israel on october the 7th. From jerusalem, heres our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. Another desperate exodus, palest